Improvement in billiard-tables



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, Blliar'dqables- UNITED STATES L. CORYDON PRINDLE,

IMPROVEMENT IN Specification forming part' of Letters Patent No.

.PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BlLLlARD-TABLES.

140,162, dated June 24, 1873; application tiled March 5, 1873.

description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a portable billiard-tablewith a bed of marble or other inflexible material, and to dispense withthe wooden frame by which the bed and rails of billiard-tables areusually supported; and my invention consists in making the bed of thetable of a single slab of marble, and in attaching the rails directly tothe top of such bed.

The accompanyin gdrawing represents a ver tical section and perspectiveview of a portion ofthe bed of the table, and of the rail secured inplace upon the same. The bed A consists of a single piece of marbleabout one inch in thickness, and of any portable size desired. To thetop of this bed the rails B, supporting the cushions c, are secured bymeans of screws d inserted from the bottom through the bed into therails. The billiard-cloth is tacked to the bottoms of the rails beforethey are attached to the bed. For both ornamentation and strength, theedges of the marble bed, suitably shaped and polished, are made toextend beyond the outside of the rails.

The billiard-table, so constructed, is placed and leveled for use uponan ordinary table or other suitable support. It is easily removed whennot in use, and is also reversible, the

bottom of the marble bed being polished;

and, when not in use as a billiard-table, may be turned upside down andused as an ordinary marble-top table.

In this simple but substantial manner I construct a portablebilliard-table with an accurate and unyielding bed, and firmly-supported cushions, that is also easily handled, is not affected byatmospheric changes, is reversible, and susceptible of extreme eleganceof nish.

I claim as my invention- A portable billiard-table consisting ot' themarble or other bed A, formed of a single piece, in combination with therail B and cushion c, when said parts are constructed and arrangedsubstantially as described.

Witnesses: L. C. PRINDLE.

E. F. BODEY,

GEO. E. GRiGGs.

